Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 23°40′N 87°43′E / 23.67°N 87.72°E / 23.67; 87.72
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Bolpur
WB-41
2019

Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in

scheduled castes
from 2009 general elections.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur

As per order of the

assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party
(as of 2021)
271 Ketugram None Purba Bardhaman TMC
272 Mangalkot None Purba Bardhaman TMC
273 Ausgram SC Purba Bardhaman TMC
286 Bolpur None Birbhum TMC
287 Nanoor SC Birbhum TMC
288 Labpur None Birbhum TMC
290 Mayureswar None Birbhum TMC

Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following

assembly segments:[3]Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 267), Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 281), Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 283), Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 284), Labpur (assembly constituency no. 285), Dubrajpur (assembly constituency no. 286) and Mayureswar (SC)
(assembly constituency no. 290)

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Fourth 1967-71 Bolpur A.K.Chanda Indian National Congress[4]
Fifth 1971-77 Saradish Roy Communist Party of India[5]
Sixth 1977-80 Saradish Roy[6]
Seventh 1980-84 Saradish Roy
Eighth 1984-85 Saradish Roy (Died in 1985)
Bye Election, 1985 1985-89 Somnath Chatterjee
Ninth 1989-91 Somnath Chatterjee
Tenth 1991-96 Somnath Chatterjee
Eleventh 1996-98 Somnath Chatterjee
Twelfth 1998-99 Somnath Chatterjee
Thirteenth 1999-04 Somnath Chatterjee
Fourteenth 2004-09 Somnath Chatterjee
Fifteenth 2009-14 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome
Sixteenth 2014-19 Anupam Hazra
All India Trinamool Congress
Seventeenth 2019-incumbent Asit Kumar Mal

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections
: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
 Asit Kumar Mal
BJP Priya Saha
CPI(M) Shyamali Pradhan
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
 		Asit Kumar Mal 699,172 47.85 -0.48
BJP Ram Prasad Das 5,92,769 40.57 +25.44
CPI(M) Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 91,964 6.29 -23.95
INC Abhijit Saha 30,112 2.06 -1.53
RJVP Simanta Mondal 17,013 1.16 +1.16
Majority 1,06,403 7.28
Turnout 14,61,929 85.74
AITC
hold 		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bolpur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
 Anupam Hazra 6,30,693 48.33 N/A
CPI(M) Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 3,94,584 30.24 -19.66
BJP Kamini Mohan Sarkar 1,97,474 15.13 +8.64
INC Tapan Kumar Saha 46,953 3.59 -34.55
NOTA None of the above 17,322 1.32 N/A
Majority 2,36,109 18.09 +6.33
Turnout 13,04,756 84.81 +2.32
AITC gain from CPI(M)
 Swing +38.50

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Bolpur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 508,383 49.90
INC Asit Kumar Mal 411,501 38.14
BJP Arjun Saha 70,084 6.49
AUDF
 Adara Bauri 21,325 1.97
IND
 Professor Bijay Dalui 14,581 1.35
IND
 Nihar Hazra 11,798 1.09
BSP Vidyasagar Mete 11,139 1.03
Majority 96,882 11.76
Turnout 10,78,811 82.49
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Bolpur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 504,836 65.80
AITC
 Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji 194,531 25.30
INC Dhananjoy Saha 48,756 6.49
Independent
 Budhen Soren 9,860 1.30
Independent
 Bhabotosh Mandal 6,561 0.09
Independent
 Bijoy Dolui 5,515 0.07
Majority 310,305 40.40
Turnout 7,67,695 74.2
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1999

General Election, 1999: Bolpur[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 464,199 59.36
AITC
 Suniti Chattaraj 277,810 35.53
INC Dr. Sushil Banerjee 37,093 4.74
JP Nazma 2,852 0.36
Majority 186,389 23.50
Turnout 7,81,954 76.43
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1998

General Election, 1998: Bolpur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 470,645 59.55
AITC
 Gour Hari Chanda 219,553 27.78
INC Suniti Chattaraj 110,091 12.67
Majority 251,092 31.30
Turnout 7,81,954 78.55
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Bolpur[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 471,549 58.80
INC Sunil Das 217,903 27.20
BJP Tara Prosanna Sinha 76,548 9.50
Independent
 Modassar Hossain 8,670 1.10
Independent
 Md. Sadakas 1,987 0.20
Independent
 Maharaj Mistry 1,482 0.20
Independent
 Abu Taher Mirza 669 0.10
Majority 253,646 31.6
Turnout 8,02,298 82.1
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1991

General Election, 1991: Bolpur[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 394,496 55.30
INC Jivan Mukhopadhyay 167,872 23.50
BJP Tara Prosanna Sinha 117,394 16.40
Independent
 Aloke Mukherjee 7,577 1.10
BSP Sailendranath Majumder 2,654 0.40
Jharkhand Party Shyamali Ghosh 2,392 0.30
Independent
 Sunil Kumar Mitra 2,149 0.10
Doordarshi Party Maharaj Mistry 920 0.10
Independent
 Manohar Murmu 615 0.10
Independent
 Abu taher Mirza 428 0.10
Majority 226,624 31.7
Turnout 7,13,844 77.2
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1989

General Election, 1989: Bolpur[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 421,483 59.30
INC Sachindranath Sahu 257,890 36.30
Independent
 Modassar Hossain 8,164 1.10
JP(S) Mahonmbd Saddu Kas 5,045 0.70
Independent
 Rabindranath Ghosh 2,587 0.40
Independent Abu Taher Mirza 1,437 0.20
Independent
 Sanat Kumar Datta 1,027 0.10
Majority 163,593 23.0
Turnout 7,11,128 79.2
CPI(M) hold Swing

1984 Election

  • Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 317,749 votes
  • Nihar Dutta (Congress) : 256,818

By-election 1985

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1985 which was necessitated by the Sudden Death of sitting CPIM-MP Dr. Saradish Roy. In the by-election, Somnath Chatterjee of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress by 98,999 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1985: Bolpur constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 339,078
INC Siddhartha Shankar Ray 240,079
Independent
 K.K Roy 10,087
Independent
 M.Hossain 4,182
Independent
 N.C.Mandal 2,245
Majority 98,999 7.92 +6.12
Turnout 5,95,671 62.82 -14.07
CPI(M) hold Swing

1980 Election

  • Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 264,798 votes [15]
  • Pranab mukherjee
    (Cong-Indira) : 196,169

General elections 1967-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1967 259,965 53.75 A.K.Chanda 52.73 Congress Saradish Roy 47.27 CPI(M)[4]
1971 270,782 52.77 Saradish Roy 45.39 CPI(M) Phulrenu Guha 31.01 Congress[5]
1977 255,130 48.36 Saradish Roy 50.19 CPI(M) Durga Banerjee 36.20 CPI[16]
1980 493,810 74.04 Saradish Roy 54.97 CPI(M) Pranab Mukherjee 40.72 INC(I)[17]
1984 589,190 78.26 Saradish Roy 55.09 CPI(M) Nihar Dutta 44.53 INC[18]
Bye Polls 1985 Somnath Chatterjee CPI(M) Siddhartha Shankar Ray CPI(M)<http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/byeDetail/279>
1989 711,130 79.20 Somnath Chatterjee 60.42 CPI(M) Sachidanandan Sau 36.97 INC[14]
1991 713,840 77.17 Somnath Chatterjee 56.64 CPI(M) Jivan Mukhopadhyay 24.10 Independent[13]
1996 802,300 82.10 Somnath Chatterjee 60.55 CPI(M) Sunil Das 27.98 INC[12]
1998 803,380 78.55 Somnath Chatterjee 59.55 CPI(M) Gour Hari Chandra 27.78 WBTC[11]
1999 792.87 76.43 Somnath Chatterjee 59.36 CPI(M) Suniti Chattaraj 35.53
AITC[10]
2004 770.12 74.41 Somnath Chatterjee 65.56 CPI(M) Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji 25.26 AITC[9]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
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  6. ^ "Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
  7. ^ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  8. ^ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
  16. ^ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  18. ^ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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